Decreasing accuracy of Shellers?

Discussion in 'Balance Discussions' started by ganupl, September 19, 2014.

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Do you think shellers shouldnt be snipers.

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  2. No

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  1. masterevar

    masterevar Active Member

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    Sniper bots can shoot down missiles from catapults and t2 bombers, otherwise they are pretty weak.
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  2. ganupl

    ganupl New Member

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    I think not much people actually know about this.
  3. Nothinglessness

    Nothinglessness Member

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    Oh yes, exactly what we need, artillery that can be more easy to spam...
  4. Auraenn

    Auraenn Active Member

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    nor is it a very useful feature considering how rarely people use missile units.
  5. lapsedpacifist

    lapsedpacifist Post Master General

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    I knew they could do that, but honestly that feature alone doesn't justify building them over more effective units that fulfill the same role such as oh say shellers.

    Problem with sniper bots at the moment is that in a game of such massive spam it's so easy to completely shut them down by swarming a load of bomb bots/dox whatever in front of your high value units.
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  6. masterevar

    masterevar Active Member

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    I often see people using both weapons, the problem is that the sniper bots are expensive and there is no other reason to have a t2 bot factory unless you want to counter hard dox-spam. T2 vehicles or air will just pay off better for the prize of running them.
  7. zgrssd

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    That is very good to know. More then once was I stuck in GW without basic air and the AI kept hitting me with those T2 missile bombers, aways keeping out of range of my ground forces.

    Is the sniper bot able to shoot against air, by the way?
  8. masterevar

    masterevar Active Member

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    No, but i feel that they should be able to.
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  9. igncom1

    igncom1 Post Master General

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    The snipers can shoot tac missiles however.
  10. masterevar

    masterevar Active Member

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    Oh you say that?
  11. igncom1

    igncom1 Post Master General

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  12. masterevar

    masterevar Active Member

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    Guess you are then.
  13. igncom1

    igncom1 Post Master General

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    Are........ a sniper that can intercept tactical missiles?

    You, are correct.
  14. bengeocth

    bengeocth Post Master General

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    Your pole is hard to answer.
    The word should't needs to be should- avoid double negatives.
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  15. Auraenn

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    pole
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  16. schuesseled192

    schuesseled192 Active Member

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    spread on artillery just leads to pointless wiggle micro management. And this you can already do with the dox to avoid artillery and keep out of the range of levelers firing arcs and shellers radius.
  17. lapsedpacifist

    lapsedpacifist Post Master General

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    Well can you suggest something alternative? Not saying you're wrong, but at the moment shellers pretty much completely outclass sniper bots at, well, sniping which I feel is silly.
  18. lapsedpacifist

    lapsedpacifist Post Master General

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    Well can you suggest something alternative? Not saying you're wrong, but at the moment shellers pretty much completely outclass sniper bots at, well, sniping which I feel is silly.
  19. ganupl

    ganupl New Member

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    Nah it wouldnt force more micro, becuase shellers would just miss target and and hit another one close to primary one.
  20. masterevar

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    Actually, come to think about it, the shell spread would improve the sheller, also if you have it slight increase in aoe, because right now they often target the same units from time-to-time, making a bit of an overkill. Adding spread would make some of the shells to hit other units nearby, Killing more units and being overall more effiecent against large or medium armies. And still not being sniper, although with enough shellers you will always hit many of your shells.
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